No Less Than Victory - Jeff Shaara
Category: Military
Narrator: Paul Michael
Tags: Military, History, Historical Fiction, Adults
No Less Than Victory is the crowning achievement in master storyteller Jeff Shaaras soaring World War II trilogy, revealing the European wars unforgettable and harrowing final act. After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat., In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest, utterly surprising the unprepared Americans who stand in their way. Through the frigid snows of the mountainous terrain, German tanks and infantry struggle to realize Hitlers goal: divide the Allied armies and capture the vital port at Antwerp. The attack succeeds in opening up a wide gap in the American lines, and for days chaos reigns in the Allied command., Thus begins the Battle of the Bulge, the l
